Program Manager – Operations

🕒 February 25

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Mitti Labs

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2023

💰 $850k Grant - MittiLabs on 2025-06

Mitti Labs is a deeptech company that leverages AI, satellite technology, and field operations to permanently reduce methane emissions from rice farming. By doing this, we unlock the potential of rice-based carbon credits for measurable climate action at scale.

📋 Description

• Maintain strong relationship with implementation partners teams, at managerial and execution level • Strategise solutions with implementation partners basis problems • Continually build and update SOPs and systems to ensure performance • Collaborate with local stakeholders involved in the program, including agri universities, government bodies, NGOs, KVKs, Agriculture Departments etc. • Daily standups with Ops Execution team, QA/QC team, and implementation partner’s teams (at managerial and operational levels) • Ability to create network of logistics providers and local resources to support tasks • Work with internal teams on carbon processes compliance, product, R&D to ensure smooth implementation and communication of improvements • Work on smooth execution of inputs distribution business in collaboration with inputs business head, and with support from inputs logistics team • Daily/weekly analytics on performance on carbon processes, input distribution, and offer insights to Ops Execution, Product and leadership • Offer support on Science Ops, R&D ops, agronomic demos, etc. • Take initiative as a leader of the program, manage state level teams, project coordinators and field agents to ensure on-ground execution • Building and maintaining granular task sheets and roadmaps, to ensure timeline and execution of projects are meeting requirements • Drive farmer engagement programs through trainings, awareness campaigns and demonstration plots • Oversee procurement, logistics and distribution of climate smart agri inputs to ensure availability and accessibility • Ensure field agents are trained, and operating as per SOP, make quick corrections when deviations are observed • Maintaining, updating and improving document repository of SOPs, Training Manuals, Processes • Build marketing material in coordination with on-ground teams to represent progress/success/wins basis data collected from fields • Create input market material for field agents, how to pitch to farmer, how to sell product, with SOPs + Video walkthroughs

🎯 Requirements

• Passionate about climate, agriculture, sustainability, scientific innovation and impact • Strong and independent task master, ability to design and execute on roadmaps • Experience in Agri Project Management • Strong communication skills and composure when dealing with large scale projects and large teams • Process excellence mindset • People management. High cultural sensitivity and ability to motivate rural teams. • Ability to pre-empt issues and offer solutions to fire-fight • Willingness to travel to fields on daily basis • Ability to understand and engage with agrarian communities, understanding of farmers, FPOs, NGOs, Government Departments, etc... • Strong professional experience (7+ years) - ideally in agri-project management, field extension management, input distribution/sales • Category experience in Paddy farming is strongly preferred • Proven experience in optimizing processes and building systems and strategies to support scale • Strong educational background, preferably in Agribusiness management, Field Extension management, operations / supply chain strategy type roles • Experience managing large field teams (100–300 people) through partner organizations or direct teams. • Demonstrated capability in building high-performance cultures, coaching mid-level managers, and creating accountability systems. • Strong ability to create MIS, and monitor KPIs at scale. • Hands-on experience using project management tools (Notion, Google Workspace, Excel, Looker Studio, etc.). • Experience in multi-district or multi-state program rollouts. • Prior experience implementing QA/QC frameworks, audits, field validation checks, and adherence to SOP. • Experience in generating detailed stakeholder-specific reports and documentation to synthesize findings and learnings to diverse stakeholders. • Experience ensuring compliance with carbon methodologies, government schemes, donor requirements, or agri certification programs. • Native fluency in Tamil is a must

🏖️ Benefits

• Purpose driven work - tackling the worlds most pressing challenges - climate change, food security, water security, farmer livelihoods improvement. • Culture / Team / Environment - our team includes the best minds in science, product, business and operations, in an environment where collaboration and openness is highly valued, unbiased, objective decision making, direct relationship with founders, and encouragement of career growth in a rapidly scaling organization. • Exposure to multiple stakeholders - internal and external, ability to operate at the center of the organization.